What vehicle did you upgrade from?

It went through the ringer. I totally swapped out the subframe from the sicirocco 2, dropped a 2L 16v in it, 11" brakes, GroundControls, and then I autoX'd it till it was a pile of scrap. When it was it's time to go, there wasnt much saving it.

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very cool. When I was younger our group all had different hot rodded VW’s. I had a 1990 Jetta GTX 16v, friends had scirocco 16v, GTI 16v, Jetta VR6, Corrado G60, etc etc. Super fun cars to modify and rip around in.

 

LOL, allright, I'll play. Everything was bought used except the last one.

Chicago Suburbs:
1971 Ford LTD
1985 Honda Civic wagon

Colorado:
1969 VW Beetle (Baja kit)
1985 Toyota x-cab SR5
1989 Toyota 4-runner

Pittsburgh-ish:
1999 Plymouth Voyager (yeah, yeah)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ Sport
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (5.7 Hemi )
2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport DCSB (first new one)

 

Traded in a Tesla for the Taco. Extremely fun car and a blast to drive, but did not feel like the manufacturing or parts quality was there for long term ownership. Had an FJ before the Tesla, so back to Toyota it was.

 

My most recent vehicle, that I sold in order to get my Tacoma was a 2014 VW Passat TDI.

I took advantage of the "dieselgate" class action lawsuit against VW whereby they would buy back any od the TDI models that were part of the suit for a very nice dollar value (High Blue Book + an $8,000 "Ooops, we're sorry to have caused you inconvenience" bonus payment). It was only 3 years old when I sold it back, used that $25,000 as a nice down payment on my Tacoma.

 

Previously owned:
1996 Dodge Intrepid (used, first car)
1999 Dodge Intrepid (used 80k miles)
1999 Chevy Silverado RCSB V6 2WD (used 92k miles)
2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP (used 92k miles)
2004 Chevy Silverado Z71 4WD (65k miles)
2003 Chrysler 300m
2008 GMC Sierra 4wd 6.5" lift

Currently owned
2010 Toyota Corolla S (my wife's old car, bought new, that I've driven the last few years)
2017 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road (bought used, my wife's vehicle)
2020 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road (new)

Talk about a change in direction on branding

 

Came from a 2007 ranger, what a huge improvement. This taco is my third truck though. I had 1990 b2200 as my first truck and vehicle.

Love this taco more everyday!